Vanessa Van Edwards
Everything Vanessa personally uses, recommends, or has created — plus things they don't recommend — sourced from their own show and appearances on other podcasts.
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Ranked by repeated personal use, excluding sponsorships.
Personal use in 1 episode
"Oh my gosh, my favorite, Quince. It just recommended the Quince stretch ponte sheath. I have to go look it up. I have a ton of their stuff."
▶ 2:43Personal use in 1 episode
"My friend Mel Robbins, she co-founded this company and she is dealing with the exact problem I am, which is I want to get more protein. This is so small and it's 23g of protein. I often have it before a workout. I keep these in my bag with me as I travel."
▶ 1:56Warned against
"Don't wear AirPods. They are ugly. They are turning off attraction. They are saying to someone, 'No matter how good I look, don't approach.' That is killing connection."
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"The Candor Corpus is the biggest database on conversation, and they found that turn-taking, just so we are clear, is 15 to 30 seconds."
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"It's like Esther Perel, Where Should We Begin? You know, it's like..."
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"Your book, when you were talking about the masks we wear... when I read that book, I was like, 'Wow, this is such a great take on narrative, on self-narrative.'"
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"He thought you were so funny and he already bought your Audible book and he just loved talking to you."
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"Please do a yap challenge. A yap challenge is you open up your phone camera and you teach something or share an opinion about something without notes and you hit record. If you go naturally 15 or 30 seconds, you're probably good. If you're hitting 45 seconds, that's the max. If you're up to a minute or 2 minutes, you probably talk too much."
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"I'm teaching a class at Harvard. What do I want my cues to be in my impression at Harvard?"
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"So Dr. Susan Fisk, she identified what happens with very smart, impressive people is they come at you with all their smarts"
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"There's a really interesting line of research from Brian Uzzi at Northwestern and a few others in what's called the shared activities principle."
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"It's finding a lot of J. Crew, a lot of Mango. By the way, Mango has a fitted blazer in fuchsia."
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"A Banana Republic tailored stretch blazer, and a wide-leg pant in cobalt."
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"It's finding a lot of J. Crew, a lot of Mango. A J. Crew going out blazer"
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"Go talk to a Uber driver or a Lyft driver. That way you have a lot of low-pressure practice."
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"Go talk to a Uber driver or a Lyft driver. That way you have a lot of low-pressure practice."
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"I've been thinking a lot about my entrepreneurial journey as I prep for my big speech at the Entre Leadership Summit with Dave Ramsey."
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"Research from Quantified Communication found that stories are 22 times more captivating than facts or ideas by themselves."
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"She said, 'Oh, Katniss Everdeen.' I was like, 'What? The character who like fights for her life?'"
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"Well, STR stands for short-term rep."
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"And video has made this even harder because on Zoom, you can't see my body positioning."
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"Always be charismatic in that your default operating system is high warmth, high competence with your blend."
"I believe there are certain human cues that we use to show I acknowledge you. I'm not a threat, but let's not talk."
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"This is all based on some amazing research by Dr. Dan McAdams. He found that people have three levels of connection we move through to feel connected with someone else."
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